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Do you still wear an apron ?

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dorsetpennt Mon 05-Dec-16 18:46:13

When I'm washing up, preparing vegetables, baking, cooking or doing the house work, I wear an apron. However, neither my daughter or daughter in law wear them. I wear them so I don't get marks on my clothes, does that mean I'm messy ? Is the habit going out of fashion now like hair curlers , sponge mops and land line telephones.

Ana Mon 05-Dec-16 18:47:07

Never wore one in the first place...

MaizieD Mon 05-Dec-16 18:49:09

I have very rarely worn an apron.

I suppose that with housework not being such a messy job these days and with clothes washing so easy it hardly seems necessary.

nanaK54 Mon 05-Dec-16 18:49:43

No I don't own an apron

tanith Mon 05-Dec-16 18:52:24

Don't own one and can't remember ever wearing one.

chloe1984 Mon 05-Dec-16 18:56:45

I have always worn an apron somehow feel unable to do anything in the kitchen without one on - The pockets are also very handy for bits and pieces that need rehoming together with empty sweet wrappers of course.

Coolgran65 Mon 05-Dec-16 18:58:42

I do when baking, or cooking anything splashy or with oil as grease marks are so difficult to remove and take it off when cooking finished.. Not when doing general housework.

Rinouchka Mon 05-Dec-16 19:10:09

I could not prepare food, cook, bake without one, although I don't wear one for cleaning. It is a habit inherited from my mother and grandmother. None of our 3DDs wear one, although my DDiL wears a white Prue Leith Cookery School full apron.

When I visit DDs, who all live in 3 different countries, I take an apron with me, or buy one there.

Alima Mon 05-Dec-16 19:12:50

Only when I serve spaghetti as it always goes everywhere. Just have the one, a mock-up of Scottish highland dress as bought by Scots DH over 40 years ago.

TriciaF Mon 05-Dec-16 19:16:04

I've just bought a couple of aprons, which I wear when cooking (and sometimes when eating.) Old ones wore out.
This thread reminds me of a weird phone call I had once, from a male person, asking how many aprons I had shock I played him along, saying I had lots, all different colours etc. trying to work out who it was. But I never discovered.
I found out later that another woman I knew had had the same phone call.

ffinnochio Mon 05-Dec-16 19:22:56

Yes, when I'm cooking, and usually a t-towel hanging out of the back pocket of my jeans.

Pittcity Mon 05-Dec-16 19:25:35

I don't but I really should as I am quite messy.

SueDonim Mon 05-Dec-16 20:42:59

Only for baking as I tend to get flour everywhere, no matter how hard I try to be tidy.

I've got two, both cotton and worn & washed to a wonderfully soft texture. I feel like a Proper Mother when I wear one. grin

whitewave Mon 05-Dec-16 20:50:37

Never have worn one -well that's not strictly true. I very occasionally wear one if cooking something that is likely to mess up a posh outfit like at Christmas lunch. That's a huge chefs apron that cover everything.

Anya Mon 05-Dec-16 21:11:59

Only with my Naughty French Maid outfit.

ginny Mon 05-Dec-16 21:21:24

I wear one for cooking and baking. I am a bit of a messy worker and have a tendency to wipe my hands down my front. Also helps stop my clothes getting greasy and marked.

gillybob Mon 05-Dec-16 21:45:31

I always wear a pinny when I'm in the kitchen and have a huge collection dorsetpennt . Some well worn plain ones, some special ones and some that are just too good to use at all. smile

A guy with a pinny fetish, how weird TriciaF grin

GrandmaKT Mon 05-Dec-16 21:48:17

Yes, can't do the washing up without putting my apron (and rubber gloves) on! I splash greasy water all over myself otherwise.

gillybob Mon 05-Dec-16 21:52:08

I can't get away with rubber gloves myself GrandmaKT which is probably one of the reasons why I have terrible nails. I like to be able to feel things when I'm washing up grin

Indinana Mon 05-Dec-16 22:36:51

I've started wearing an apron again recently, plus a cotton scarf over my hair because with scalp psoriasis my hair sheds easily and I don't want my cooking contaminated with stray hairs shock.

M0nica Tue 06-Dec-16 19:28:42

I wear a big black one for cleaning. My capacity to spill household cleaners over myself, and get dirt all over myself where no dirt is unrivalled. Putting an apron on and off is far less hassle (and cheaper)than changing clothes and dealing with extra loads of washing.

I have aprons for cooking and if planning a cooking session do wear it. Otherwise I mean to but then forget.

downtoearth Tue 06-Dec-16 20:57:06

I tend to use bleach and splash about with it so do bleaching without clothes on ...and rubber gloves an apron covers my modesty if near the window or any one knocks on the door

watermeadow Wed 07-Dec-16 19:03:22

I wear a pinny when I'm baking, not to keep my clothes clean but to lessen the number of cat and dog hairs falling off me and into the mixing bowl. Despite my efforts someone always picks a hair out of my beautiful perfect cakes.

Carol1ne63 Wed 07-Dec-16 19:12:07

I haven't worn one for years but should because I'm really messy. One of my childminded children questioned whether I was an adult the other day, I asked why and he said "because you make a lot of mess." We were doing playdought smile. Anyway I did wear one the other day when I was baking and thought it was great!

BlueBelle Wed 07-Dec-16 19:44:19

I ve never worn one and don't think I ve ever owned one since I was in primary school